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A Calendar Of Sonnets - March

By Helen Hunt Jackson

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Month which the warring ancients strangely styled     The month of war,--as if in their fierce ways     Were any month of peace!--in thy rough days     I find no war in Nature, though the wild     Winds clash and clang, and broken boughs are piled     At feet of writhing trees. The violets raise     Their heads without affright, without amaze,     And sleep through all the din, as sleeps a child.     And he who watches well may well discern     Sweet expectation in each living thing.     Like pregnant mother the sweet earth doth yearn;     In secret joy makes ready for the spring;     And hidden, sacred, in her breast doth bear     Annunciation lilies for the year.

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About Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885) was an American poet and activist whose poetry—including "September"—is known for its lyrical precision. She is better known for her novel "Ramona" and her advocacy for Native American rights.

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